{
  "id": 9338299,
  "title": "Jesse Eisenberg on ‘The Debut’ and How Community Theater Saved Him as a ‘Shy’ Child Who Was ‘Made Fun of in School’: ‘Suddenly Everyone Was So Nice’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/jesse-eisenberg-on-the-debut-and-how-community-theater-saved-him-as-a",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-23T12:22:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/global/jesse-eisenberg-the-debut-community-theater-saved-him-1236873123/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Jesse Eisenberg’s latest film “The Debut” came from the depths of his own experience in community theater. Speaking at the San Sebastian Film Festival in his typically comical and self-deprecating manner, the actor-turned-filmmaker elaborated on the autobiographical elements of the movie, in which Julianne Moore plays Mona Friedman, a New Jersey housewife who finds herself […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}